Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Tuesday revealed how his prayer to stop former President Olusegun Obasanjo from making comments about the 2023 presidency failed.
He said he knew that if Obasanjo would talk, he would move against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose candidate, Atiku Abubakar was his vice during his tenure as president.
Wike spoke at the Mgbuodohia Community Primary School, venue of the flag-off of the construction of Mgbuodohia Road in Rumuolumene Town of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Tuesday.
He spoke to clarify the intent of his public comment on the endorsement of Peter Obi by Obasanjo, instead of Atiku.
The governor observed that Obasanjo had served as president on the platform of the PDP with Atiku as his vice for 8 years.
He said ideally, he should have been in a better position to solicit for support from Nigerians on his behalf with confidence.
Wike stated that if such was not done by way of endorsement, then something was fundamentally wrong that should elicit concern by members of PDP.
“I meant no bad. I’m only worried as a prominent PDP member. A man who loves PDP should be worried. I was not mocking anybody. I was merely worried. My prayer was, look, let Obasanjo remain quiet and not say anything. That was all my prayer, but my prayer didn’t work.
“My prayer was that if this man makes any statement, it will indict us because he was president under the Peoples Democratic Party for eight years, and he worked with our presidential candidate. And the campaign of our presidential council is that our presidential candidate during the eight years did very well, with experience,” he said.
He insisted that for Obasanjo to have gone ahead to endorse Obi, instead of his former vice, it meant something must be fundamentally wrong.
Wike said instead of people in the party to look at the issues critically, and ponder on what could be done with the seeming wrong, they were abusing him.
“What did I do? I didn’t do anything. All I did was to express concern. If you care for this party, it is for you to go back, and ask what is fundamentally wrong?
“Me, that is the worry I have that we should do something and I have expressed it, you’re abusing me for telling the party that we should do something?” He asked.
Wike said it was only those who love the PDP that would be bent on ensuring that nothing untoward happened to it. CONTINUE READING………………………………………………
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